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TOGETHER WE RISE

By Tynia Brown Journal Staff Writer On July 10, 1973, more than 50,000 Bahamians stood shoulder to shoulder at Clifford Park, watching with pride as the black, gold, and aquamarine flag of an independent Bahamas was hoisted for the first time. The black triangle represents the strength and resilience of the Bahamian people, the gold […]

RBDF Commissions Four New Safe Boats

RBDF Strategically Deploys New Safe Boats

By Gerrino SaundersBahama Journal News Editor Despite recent setbacks with a number of boats being sidelined for eitherroutine servicing or due to running aground and needing repairs theRoyal Bahamas Defence Force is determined to do everything in itspower to properly protect the nations’ borders, fishing grounds andterritorial waters.This week RBDF Commodore Floyd Moxey said four […]

Water Pipe Burst at Post Office

06 August 2019

Tests to the fire extinguishers and sprinkler system at the General Post Office at the Town Centre Mall led to what’s known as a water incursion in the mail sorting area on Friday morning.  Minister responsible, Renward Wells explained in a release that prior to the Post Office occupying the premises, the sprinkler system was […]

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Woman Dies in Abaco Traffic Accident

06 August 2019

An early morning drive in Abaco, on Sunday, resulted in the death of an adult female, bringing the total number of traffic fatalities for the country to 23, according to The Journal records.  Police in the Northern Bahamas are investigating the circumstances surrounding a two car collision on Don McKay Boulevard that claimed the life […]

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Two Murders Mar Holiday Weekend

06 August 2019

The Emancipation holiday weekend was marred by two murders in less than 24 hours in the capital.  Police are investigating and looking for the triggermen responsible for the fatal shootings that happened only nine hours a part.  The latest homicide occurred shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, when a male was sitting behind his home […]

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‘NCDs Too Serious to be Trivialized’

06 August 2019

Minister of Health Dr. Sands said chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) in The Bahamas are “too serious of a matter and should not be trivialized by petty political gamesmanship”.  Dr. Sand’s comment was in response to Englerston Member of Parliament Glenys Hanna-Martin’s statement that called for the minster and the Ministry of Health to respond to […]

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‘Do Not Cower Spirit of Murder’

06 August 2019

Following the country’s latest homicide, New Covenant Baptist Church Pastor Emeritus Simeon Hall warned Bahamians that they should not “cower” the spirit of murder and accept is as the “new normal”. “A demonic culture of deadly violence increases not merely because some are set on criminality, but because of the comfortable, so-called ‘good people’ who […]

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American Man Shot in Altercation

06 August 2019

Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting and stabbing incident that has left three males with injuries.  Reports are that shortly after 12 a.m., Emancipation Monday, police responded to a report of a shooting incident at a resort on Silver Point Drive. On arrival, officers met an American male with gunshot wounds to the […]

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Salary Increases Pending for BPSU

06 August 2019

Bahamas Public Services Union President Kimsley Ferguson is making the push to secure increased salaries for public servants, adding that he will not allow civil servants to be “taxed to death”.  Mr. Ferguson told the reporters this past Friday, that having discussed briefly with Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis concerning salary increases, he intends to […]

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Police Probe Armed Robberies

06 August 2019

Police on the Island of New Providence are probing a slew of weekend armed robberies and are seeking assistance in identifying and locating other persons responsible.  Police said on Sunday, shortly before 3 p.m., an armed male entered a business establishment on John F. Kennedy Drive and robbed the cashier of an undetermined amount of […]

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Three in Custody for GB Break-in

06 August 2019

Three men were arrested in Grand Bahama on Sunday, after they were caught in the act of shop-breaking and stealing, according to police on that island. Police said the alleged thieves broke into a business establishment on Settlers Way, shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday.  Officers were alerted to the break-in when an alarm was […]

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Gov’t Offers Condolences after U.S. Mass Shootings

06 August 2019

The Bahamian government expressed condolences following the mass shootings that took place in the United States this past weekend. “The government and people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas are deeply saddened to learn of two mass shootings that occurred in the states of Texas and Ohio, over the weekend,” a statement issued by the […]

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